Just Asking (Round Three)

Another week, another round of New Yorker Festival blind items! There are only two weeks left until we announce the full schedule. In the meantime, can you guess who the following 2010 participants are?

Which folk singer-songwriter has a bridge named after him near his childhood home in North Carolina?

Which Oscar-nominated actress is closely related to a New Orleans city councilwoman?

Which author, now famous for his sci-fi and fantasy novels, wrote his first book about the band Duran Duran?

Check back for the answers on September 6th, or sign up for Festival Wire and get the lineup a week early.

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